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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".01" citation="COMAR 07.02.11.01" title_num="07" subtitle_num="02" chapter_num="11" heading="Purpose of Out-of-Home Placement Program.">
  <text>The purpose of the Out-of-Home Placement Program of the Social Services Administration is to:</text>
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Provide short-term 24-hour a day care and supportive services for a child who is in the custody or guardianship of a local department of social services or who is voluntarily placed outside the family home because the child:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Has been abused, abandoned, neglected, is dependent, or has a developmental disability or mental disorder;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Is in serious immediate danger; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>The child's parents, legal guardian, or custodian are unable or unwilling to give proper care and attention to the child and the child's needs;</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Provide time-limited family reunification services to a child placed in an out-of-home placement, and to the parents or legal guardian of the child, in order to facilitate the child's safe and timely reunification; and</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Concurrently develop and implement a plan in the best interests of the child to facilitate a planned, permanent living arrangement for the child who cannot be reunified.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>